THE POST J 21 POST .V I f V... u Ptnt'lift'lonlly n MCWS I' V hill, lor I hf reojiic nil tot Hit" cul- uiiir. nr" iilw.vijicn for J,,,. ,K.'M.H-Mlll III topics bt ln!tTi't to ltuputinus. VOL. 31. ITEMS of LOCAL INTEREST Tho Cominonwi'idcrs cloiincil llio strcotH on Momluy. Two pair of Turtle tloven urc wnutoil ut tho Central Hotil. SIohcs Dateinan of Suubury spt'iit Suuilay with Lis lister, Mrs. IIcrbH tcr. G. W. IVlix, ono of Lewistown'n pushing busineHd men, was in town last Friday. A. 0. .Smith is Helling a lino larpo Katau roekiin chair for H - ular prion !":l..r0. Tho Board of Health ordered tho rain to clean out tho tilth nnd utag naut water from the Flats. Mr. and Mrs. Harry I'ibiffhaus of I'hila. are enjoying tho hospitality of Mrs. Il's mother. Pure manillii binder twino (; ! cts., l'uro nisal, (ti 75, at Harley l?ashoarV, Beaver Springs, l'u. Chas. Stitzer and Chas. Bitter of Milllinburg wero in town last week renewing old acquaintances. For Halo Cheap, A new, solid brass mounted, niiiglo Express Har ness. A. H. Utah & Son. Miss Maggie Ulrich of Selinsgrovo and John Zerby of Altoona will bo married on May Hist. The Ktudenls of Missionary Insti tute will hold their annual picnic at Blue Hill on Saturday, Juno 2nd. Tho Franklin Boiler Mills nro making u good lino of Hour and solicit the patronage of the public. T V T'- -..- - n--.Vs.v- t the First National Bank, upont s few days at Milllintowu last week. Wo aro pleased to note tho con valescence of Miss Lillian Stetthr who has been indisposed for the past week. Our young people enjoy a gamo of croquet nearly every evening on the public lawn opposite Adam Shower's residence. Tho latest, Your neighbor called and paid his mibscription to the I'ost. Cull again sir, nud bring your friends along. Fou Sale. A pair of black driving hordes, I and " years old respective ly. Call on, or address, Daniel Zemeu, Middlecreek, Fa. Miss Kutz, a teacher of Freeburg Musical College, and Miss Long a student of tho same institution, tarried in town on Monday. Every body asks why A. C. Smith sells his shoes so cheap. Because ho buys direct from largo factories uud Bells for cash or produce. Breckinridge is sorry, but many believo ho would infinitely prefer a chair iu Congress to a permanent seat on the stool of repentance. We understand tho Council of tho 1st Lutheran church at Selinsgrovo lias accepted tho plans of our towns man J. F. Stettler, for their new parsonage. Tho l'resideut has approved the act for a bridge over the Mononga hela river at Pittsburg. It is to bo the iirut free bridge connecting tho city proper aud the south side. I. N. Cathermaa of Selinsgrovo, who took the regular exainiuination before tho Stato Pharmaceutical Examining Board, received a notice that he passod successfully. Read in to-day's papor what Port folio No. 3. of Famous War Pictures contains. Nothing better can be found for studying or toachiug the History of the Civil War. Shinoles 1 Shinoles 1 1 I have just received 100,000 No. 1, 2 and 3 24-inch White-pine Shingles. Coll and see them before buying elsewhere. F. U. Maubeb, New Berlin, Pa. J. Henry Miller, of Lebanon, will be a candidate for the Republican Congressional nomination in the Fourteenth district, now represent ed by Mr. Woomer. Mr. Miller has been a member of the Legislature. Court next tho Post. week. Don't forget Wp regret to chroniclo the death of Jere Snyder of Mt. Carmel, Pa. F. I). Bower, Esq., wpent Sunday with his family at Lewisburg. J Tho cit izens of town are requested to decorate their houses on tho noth of May. ; i Wm. F. Boush of Mexico, is spend ing a few days in Selinsgrove and vicinity. i William Doebler of Miillinburg is visiting tho family of Adam Showers on East Market Street. ; A number of our people went to Selinsgrovo Tuesday to see the tur bulent Susquehanna. Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Bowersox vis ited tho family of G. W. Burasfct Williainstown, over Sunday. A few of our young people enjoyed an informal hop ut tho homo of Misa Lillian Stetler, on Tuesday ovoninA The now Masonic Templo at Lo istown will bo dedicated about trJ! 21st of Juno. Lodges will be pr6 out from all parts of the hiate. f frt In the production of butter f; "CappweH" is onu of tho bi'-t horse latest reports, Iowa stands firVtf juails on the m u ket. among the states with 77,M)3,0j-l f "Mimtakex Son.s Wikj Dukam or pounds from 1,I'.)S. lis cows. Bliss." The following m ini ago 1:- On n farm near Crown Point, InJ,' Wes have been granted since our eight horses were killed by one bcCtV"1, P"Wit'ntioii : of lightning, recently. They wero , , , . . , , .. ' huddled against a wire fence during , i 4i i i -i e i a storm and tho electricity first struck tho fence. ' , Delegate H. C. Sampsel of Center ville ; Republican Nominee for AS' F C. Bowersox and Geo. W Wagen-. seller oi mis pnice, uiienueu iuu publican nomiiiiitious at Harrisburg on Wednesday. Memorial Services will bo held in the Court Houso on Sunday evoniug, May 27 nt 7:30, Itov. W. H. Schoch of New Berlin, will preach the sor mmi. Tho public is cordially invit ed by order of Cupt. G. W. Ryan Post. Rev. S. J. t'lrich of Seliusgrove preached a trial sermon in tho Luth eran Church on Sabbath morning from tho text: "No man spako as this man ppako." Ho gave a plain, practical and useful talk on tho life of Christ. About six inches of water were pumped from tho cellar of the now Bauk property tho result of tho heavy rain-fall preparitory to tho masons begining work ou the foun dation. Percival Haro and Loster Bauchman had the contract for the romoviil of tho water. A record of the various ways "pen sion'' was spelled by different writoru, was kept by n clerk of an Iudiaua Congressman. Ho discovered eleven different combinations,' as follows : Peusiou, pencion, penchiau, peution, pensun, pencience, pouchun, peutuu, penchion, peiiton, and pouchou. Tlio trains on the Sunbury aud Lowistown divisiou of tho P. R. 11. wero uuablo to ruu' farther than Selinsgrovo Tuesday and Wednes day, on account of tho bridge across tho Susquehanna river being loaded down with freight cars to protect tho bridgo against the flood." The Middleburgh orchestra has been engaged for the Freshmen ex hibition at Selinsgrovo on the even ing of Juno 4th. Thoy will also play for all the other exercises at the Missionary Institute Commence ment. On Friday June 8th, they will go to tho Now Borlin Commence ment to play for all the exercises there. Drop by drop 8'itHortptlona la tUe printer' baal are luld, Makluif the paper tfte nuwitiur lioouuse til adv.inoe It' paid. Diirlnif tho oomtuK Court week, L'iiuiw your name to appear On tlio "lion ot lioaur ," As one not in arrtar. For any explanation of tne above call at this oflice next week during Court, or send your subbcription with your friends. MIdBlEBUIIGH, SNYDER CO., PA.. MAY Miss Ella Dunklebergcr of Vcrdillu, Bpont last week with her parents in Franklin. Some little delay was occassional in mailing Famous War Pictures. Tho orders aro tilled from tho pub lishers ofllco in New York. All tho coupons received during the week aro mailed every M.iuday morning to tho publishers. Ileiioo subscrib ers will know about when to expect tiieir portfolios. Tho aunual observance of Memo rial Day serves more than ono pur pose. Besides tho original purpose", it tends to bring about improve ments in comet rics. Many people who would not think of cleaning up tho graves of their friends are each year reminded to make their visits boforo tho HOtli of May. Geo. Spaid of Beavertown was in this place last week onrouto through his territory f 7 counties as sales man for the C.tpewell Horse N'ail Co., which position he has lately accept ed in preference to Bro. Lesher's 'Governmental appointment. Ho was accompanied by IJ ibt. It. Yorris of "Surnnton. who U hlum-in.' !,.i llm f tllo .... , .i,...,,:,,,.,,. 'Tll Mm.k t !. k .CatJierino E. 15 ilev, " , T . . ' , . ... l John E. Riec, Moisorvi e, , j Jennie O . Gehiett, Holler: irfl- t ... m -fwitB l Itr.llf.ir KratZMiville. M oelkTer, j MiUou Pu., .TOV0. Georgetown, Meiserville. A gentleman had invited somo friends to dinner, and as the colored servant entered the room ho acci dentally dropped a platter which held a turkey. "My friends," haid the gentleman, in a most impressive tone, "never before have I witnessed an event ho fraught with disaster in tho various nations if the globe. In this calamity we see the downfall of Turkey, tie; upsetting of Cret e.', the destruction of China and tho humil iation of Africa." Wo direct the attention of our readers to tho new advertisement of Missionary Institute, Selinsgrove, Pa., iu this issue. The school is in a flourishing condition and the coin ing Commencement promises to bo tho most interesting hel l for years. There is some talk of making a full Hedged college out of it and wo hope that such may bo tho case. The new building in 00111x0 of erection has long been needed to supply ac comodations for new students. Tho Acting Secretary of War lias awarded a modal of honor to Hiram W. Pureell, lato sergeant, company G. ono hundred and fourth Penn sylvania Yohinteers, fordistingiiish ed gallantry at tho battle of Fair Oaks, Ya., ou May 'M, lsi'.J. Being a bearer of 0110 of tlio regimental Hags when his regiment was on tho retreat, Sergt. Pun-ell returned iu tho fiico of tho advancing enemy with his own flag in his hand and saved tho other regimontal Hag, which would otherwise have been captured. The New Peeiilehs Thuesheii. Tho New Peerless Thresher reciovod tho highest award at tho World's Fair Held trial, July 2S to August 2nd 'SM, under supervision of judges appoint ed by the World's Columbian Expo sition. This threshing machine dis penses with Bioves and riddles and is of noted designment. Through a full day's work without a singlo stop performing its work with rapidity and turning out the grain clean in all respects, it threshed July Hst, 1893, 8150 bushels of oats and barley in nine hours running time. Above mentioned machine will be shown for inspection on the streets of Mid dleburgh, Tuesday, May 29th, Court week. I invite every body to come and see for himself. Please examine carefully all parts while they are running and in perfect motion. Joseph Walteb Our Next Governor ! Ail Gonernl Daniel Hjrtman Hastings. Daniel H. Hist ings, the hero of Johnstown, will bo our ne.t Govern or. His nominal ion was concede,! to him months ago and one county after another endorsed his candid acy. Ho is a man ot varied experi ence and good practical idea, and no one can impute to him that money secured his noniinat ion. It was a natural uprising an 1 a clamor from tho people, rogirdlos'4 of politics, to have"()ur Dm" as Next Governor of Pennsylvania. This tide had its be gining even before tlio last guberna torial campaign and has now swollen to gigantic proportion. It was a virt u al stream of applause and en', husiasm for ono loved mid revered b.'causo of his good qualities and untiring de votion to truth and right. Ho comes from tho ranks of the pooplo. Ho kuows their wantsand has.. tho uiau.Uood . aud stability; to ennmpiou tneir interests and light as manfully for their causo as ho did while defending tho nation in '(il--'t!". While a boy, his practical relit ions with human activity taught him the necessity of pushing and "hustling." Thou, too, l)"i'ig en lowed with natu ral genius an I menial capacity. (Jen. II istings forged his way to tho trout. His life has boon a busv one, but he was never too busy to do his duty to his fellowman. "Nunc kn -w li.i'l l"d I 1 I iv..; N'lii" sjv C; n( li'll I 1 ;irV His popularity exttnJs to ( v ry home and fireside scattered over Iho broad acres of this Commonwealth. His majority for Governor in the Full will bo larger th in any given iu Pennsylvania for many yours. At the Republican Convention at Harrisburg Wednesday, the follow ing nominations were made: Gover nor, Gnu. D. H. Hastings of Belli, fonto; Lieut 'limit Governor, 'Vultor Lyon of Allegheny County ; Auditor General, Amos H. My hit of Lancas ter ; Secretary of Internal A Hairs, James W. Lit la of Philadelphia 1 Congressmen at-largo, George Hull' of Westmoreland and Galusha A. Grow of Susquehanna. News Wo Like to Hoar. Bi.ooMsiu iui, Pa., May 91 h, 1S91. Ed Post : 1 am receiving your pa per O. K. aud will blow l.f0 at you quick enough when I see you face to faeo. You nro still, as Harter always did, publishing tho best paper iu the (shall I limit it to this country or tho whole world?) Yours Rospectfully. Chas. G. Hexukicks. M. L. Wagoiisollor of Selinsgrove, the genial salesman for E. R. Artmuu Treichler Co., was iu town yesterday. M. L. Miller, tho marble cutter of Solinsgrove, has the contract for making and erecting a mouumeut for tho grave of Mrs.S.S. Schoch. It will be of the sarcophagus stylo, the only one of its kind between Selins grove and Lowistown. On Tuesday the report reached this place that John Bousmau, fore man on tho Selinsgrove division of the Sunbury and Lowistown railway, had fallen from the bridge across the Susquehanna at Selinsgrove and was drowned. We are pleased to state the rumor was untrue and although Mr. Bousman did fall into the river he was able to hold out until help reached him. 24, 1894. Tlv Hig'i Water. Our people who were wishing for rain a week ago were gratified on Thursday morning to find that the much needed rain was at hand. Con trary both to their expectations and wishes, the rain continued to fall iu largo quantities at frequent inter vuls. Middlecreek was able to carry off the water until Sunday evening when the peoplo residing in the Flats made a hasty departure from their homes, some going north and others south. The town presented a scene of activity. The church bells rang, but few if any heeded the sum mons. The rain continued to fall m the people 0110 by one retired for the night. At a less seasonable hour when some stray young men were turning a reluctant step toward homo, the rain und wind cheeked its fury and finally ceased. The water on Railroad Street iu the flits was from four to live feet deep, while water nbnut n loot in depth was rushing across the walk making wild and frantic eH'oits toget across the meadow below. Water of va rious depths worked its w.iv into ev ery cellar iu the Flats. The ground which N. A. B w s so recently haul ed to till up around his house was carried away by tho strength of the current. On Monday morning the water began to lull and new hope entiled the despondent breasts of the josidonts of the French Fiats. Considerable damage was dono by carrying away fences uud destroying crops. No sooner had tho wuter given possession of t.ho street than traflic was ugaiu resum ed,'thchitter of pedesti-inn'n fool wm uiiti ou wti' Bidew nnutu homes ho hastily and unceremon iously dtisertod a few hours befoie were again sought by their anxious tenants. The greatest amount of damage by the flood was suffered by .lames Yun.aiidt. The water carried away nearly all the soil from his laud along the cut. Al.ONii UK MS,(t'M.SNA. Tho ruin was very heavy over the entire state. At Lock Jlaveii the water drove telegraph operators from their keys. Th "hooius" be tween Williamsport and Lock Havi n were nearly all broken ami many mil lion feet of logs floated off in the direction of Ciicsepoako Bay. At Williamsport the water was higher than during the memorable flood of lXH.t, heirigH feet deep at the Court house. Almost every other town along the river was more or less in. undated. At Bradford, Hunting don. Tyrone, Harrisburg. Wilkes Banc, Sunbury, Lewisburg. and many other places reports of heavy damage are recorded. Between Harrisburg and Wil liamsport, portions of the following bridges were carried away : Tlio .Market St. and Maynard St. bridg es at Williamsport, the Reading rail road bridgo at Money, the driving bridge at Allonwood, the railway and driving bridge at Lewisburg, the driving bridge at Northumber land and two spans of t resiling across tho Island ut Selinsgrove. Traflic over various roads was sus pended. At Coburn, tho water was reported to have been two feet higher than iu lss.iand tho residents tied to tho hills and mountains for safety. Great damago and heavy losses are reported. William Buck of Selinsgrove, died at the residence of his sou, I. W. Buck in this place, on last Thursday, aftei a liugering illness, from con sumption. He was a tailor by trade and had served in tho late war, at tho beginning of which ho enlisted in tho 2nd Pa. Cavalry. Ho wus discharged in 181)1, on account of physical disa bility. He re-enlisted in August W4, as a member of 20:)rd Pa. Vol. Infant ry and served to tho end of tho war. His age was 00 years and some days. The funeral took place on Saturday forenoon conducted by Rev. Illing worth of the M. E. church. The re mains wore in charge of Liout.W.W. Bierly, Post G. A. II., who attended the services twenty-two strong. Millheim Journal. ""'on, it i . :ni! it ti "On AritlnrM-r H.ihtoilt. NO. 21. More about Mo. lorn Journalism. The 'yjoi correspondent at Selins grove knows that what the I'osr said concerning his eleven-d ay-old special was true, although he tries to deny it iu the Harrisburg 7', l:rnn by saying it was only four or live days old. The readers of the ytr;ntm probably do not know that it was eleven d l.VS old, while the leaders of the I'osr would not con.-.i.l. 1 news even live days oi l lit ',,r publication in a metropolitan daily. This correspondent, w ho 1 videiilly is ashame I to sign his name, can not nil swer the o ild facts we presented last week, so ho ventilates himself by indulging in slander and never for one moment thinks of making a logical reply. We have no response to maketo his vituperations, because the correspondent is too wi ll known to have any weight. This same corresp indent sav the "latest sensation"' was published iu the '' irt)n on Saturday a week ago. We had no issue until the 17th w hen it appeal ed in die- seaso for a weekly paper. At liny rate wo would never publish anything from the Selinsgrove correspondence to the numerous papers, because wo can not depend upon their reliability. lust on Sat urd ay, 1 his correspond ent had published iu tho Philadelphia 7';.v the account i.f Frank JVllcr olf having his arm town olV. The accident occurred on May 7th, yet his special says it occurred on ihe ixth. It was published on tho P.ith, making it 12 days after the accident. When news is reliable and sent nt tho proper time, it should bo bent to I lnil.v papers to let tho world know wnat is going on, but tho roV would advise this correspondent to heed inconsistencies. A Confidence Man in Snyder County. On April 2:5.1 a t.eaily dressed fel low, wearing 11 long tailed cutaway coat registered at the Washington House. He was a very entertaining and swell-looking chap. His name as given on the register (J. W. Jaylor. I'li.l.i d.-lphia. lie I!lt( I lew- ed .1. X. Thompson, Jr., K.lllule A M uoei ,u;. M III. I.e.aV.T. I!" su.iW- ed a little bonk entitle,! "II. inking Business. Il contained many sug gest ions lo persons having business with banks i.nd about hall' of the pages wire blank. Ho said he would give the bank In. nun (,f these books for nothing to distribute among the custom"!- and he would make his money by securing adver tisements for I he blank pages. f(. wanted to charge business men S.i a page for advertising und then the bank could distribute these book, tree. None of our business men in vested iu his scheme of advertising. At Selinsgrove lie met with better success. At least live business men wero induced to order 1111 advertise ment and his rule inquired nil pay ments in advance. As yet the book, have not made their appearance und probably never will. From hero he went to Lewisburg. Last week he was iu Lancaster and realizing that ho was under suspicion he left the city, and the matter was placed in Ihe hands of the police. Ho is 11 smooth-faced fellow, has dark brown hair and manifests a very clever dis position. This is a warning to our dealers to place more eontideiico in homo advertising ami not so much in the "crooks" that are traveling from town to town. At various places ho has given his name, John L. Fehr. alius "Bariium's Kid," alias C. W. Taylor. Ho has with him a largo pilo of recommendations from Bank Cashiers. Our readers should not barter with strangers. Two of our County's new iron bridges wero again swept away by the flood. Tho ono at Seliusgrove, and the other "Burns" bridge, two miles south of Selinsgrovo. The bill authorizing the Braddock and Homestead Bridge Company to bridgo tho Monongahela at Home s toad has passod the house. It is to be used by an cloctrio railway which is to connect these two towns with rittsburg. ! run iv t
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